Midmorning ceased broadcast on February 20, 2012 and was replaced by The Daily Circuit.

Minnesota Public Radio Stories

The church-state dilemmaIt is a debate that has been with us ever since the First Amendment was penned. What role should faith play in the nation's civic life? And what did the framers of the Constitution intend when they wrote that congress "shall make no respecting establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"?9:06 a.m.

Guests

Randall Balmer: Professor of American Religious History at Barnard College, Columbia University. His most recent book is "God in the White House."

Too tired to decideResearchers claim that the brain has a limited capacity for making decisions, and economists are particularly interested in what this means for consumers' financial choices.10:06 a.m.

Guests

Kathleen Vohs: Professor of marketing at the University of Minnesota. She is also co-author of "Do Emotions Help or Hurt Decision Making? A Hedgefoxian Perspective."

Dan Ariely: Professor of behavioral economics at Duke University and author of "Predictably Irrational."